Risk Supervisor

Risk Supervisor Century City Cape Town

 

Our financial services client seeks an experienced Risk Supervisor. You will supervise day-to-day risk management activities and a small team of analysts to ensure effective identification, assessment, monitoring, and reporting of risks across the business. You’ll drive high-quality execution of the risk framework, strengthen controls, and support audits and regulatory reviews.

 

Salary: Market related ctc

Employment Type: Full-time

 

Qualifications and experience

Bachelor’s degree in finance, economics, accounting, business, data/analytics, or related field.

2–5 years of risk management experience in financial services (e.g., banking, payments, insurance, asset/wealth management, broker-dealer).

Demonstrated exposure to enterprise/operational risk practices: RCSA, control testing, KRIs, incident/issue management, and risk reporting.

Experience reviewing or producing documentation for audits or regulators.

Prior mentoring/supervisory responsibility or leading workflows/queues preferred.

Strong analytical skills; advanced Excel; familiarity with data analysis (e.g., SQL, Power BI/Tableau) a plus.

Effective communicator with the ability to challenge constructively and influence stakeholders.

Strong organization and attention to detail; able to meet deadlines across multiple priorities.

 

Key responsibilities

Lead and coach a small team of risk analysts; assign work, review output, and provide feedback.

Execute and enhance the risk and control self-assessment (RCSA) process; maintain risk registers.

Perform control testing and quality assurance; document issues and track remediation to closure.

Monitor and report KRIs/KPIs; produce dashboards and insights for management and risk committees.

Coordinate incident and issue management, including root cause analysis and corrective actions.

Support change and project risk assessments (new products, processes, systems, vendors).

Assist with scenario analysis, stress testing, and loss event data capture where applicable.

Prepare materials for internal/external audits and regulatory exams; manage evidence requests.

Maintain data quality in GRC/risk systems; standardize documentation and procedures.

Partner with business units to embed risk policies, standards, and training.

Contribute to third-party/outsourcing risk reviews and ongoing monitoring.

Escalate emerging risks promptly and recommend pragmatic mitigation plans.

Support policy refresh cycles and periodic risk reporting to governance forums.

 

Please apply online

FROGG Recruitment

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